Sporting Life

We come to sport for the drama, never the deals

The many moods of a game: Golfer Peter Malnati and his son Hatcher fly high after victory. PHOTO: REUTERS
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This is what brings us to a game. Not its revenue but its many moods.

Like Peter Malnati, the 36-year-old PGA Tour golf pro, in tears after he won his first title in eight years. He’s holding his young son and at one point the kid puts his fingers in his ears. As if the sound of his father’s voice breaking with emotion is too much.

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